Hair-curler.



A. A. WEST &-W. H. GATOHBLL.

HAIR CURLER.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII D JUNES, 1912.

L?7,897, Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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AUGUSTUS ALBERT WEST, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND WILLIAM H. GATCHELL,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO SAID WILLIAM H. GATCHELL.

HAIR-CURLER.

Specification of Letters IE atent.

Patented Nov, 4., 1913.

Application filed June 5, 1912. Serial No. 701,750.

In our patent issued February 14th, 1911,

and numbered 984,331 we have shown a ventilated hair curler having a cylindrical tubular and perforated member and a ball secured in one end thereof, a spring member is arranged in operable relation with the cylindrical member. This construction was found to have many advantages but it was also found that there were certain features which forbid a complete and satisfactory working of the whole device, and it is to overcome these objections, to cheapen and otherwise improve the construction, and to produce a curler that after long and continued experiment has proven highly eflicient, that we have devised the improvements set forth herein and for which we are now making an application for Letters Patent.

The details of the construction and the advantages to be derived therefrom will be set The following is what we consider the best means of carrying out this invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our completed curler. Fig. 2 is view in horizontal section. Fig. 3 shows the device in use;

Fig. 4 shows the method of inserting the.

spring member, this. view and'the remaining views are on a-larger' scale. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one end of the spring member. Fig; 6 is a side elevation of the same member. Fig. 7 is a sectional View of the same part shown on a still larger. scale.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

The main body member of this device is the tubular member 1 upon which the hair is to be rolled.- This tubular member may be made of any suitable material but in our aluminum sheet or tube which is provided with-a series of perforations 2. One 'end of this tube ,'which we may call the forward endnary movements.

7 is longitudinally slitted for a limited extent in sucha manner as to allow and formthe projecting parts 3 and 3. Operable with this tube is a spring member 4 formed of round wire and secured in a ball 6, this ball may be of metal and we produce it by mold casting a soft lead and tin composition. The ball is provided with a plurality of counter sunk recesses arranged directly opposite each other and is secured in the back end of the tube 1 by having a portion of the adjacentsides of the tube forced into these recesses and so that it and the spring member 4 may have the proper amount of movement we cut away a portion of one side of the tube as shown at 5.

In operation the spring member 4 should assume a positionapproximately parallel to the tube 1 for its full operative length and to accomplish this we produce a raised or deflected portion 7 adjacent to the ball 6. A. hook 8 at the free end of the spring member 4 is engaged through the longitudinal slit in the forward end of the tube 1, and passing over the projection 3 produces therewith a locking that cannot be disengaged by ordi- We have found however that accidental disengagement of the hook 8 is not impossible and we have also found that it is impractical, with this simple ar rangelnent to provide sufficient movement of the spring 4 and the hook 8 to accommodate a large quantity of hair. We have therefore provided a second notch 9 in the part 3, into which the hook 8 will pass when a quantity of hair has been placed on the cylindrical member '1.

It 'will be seen'then that the notch 9 performs two important functions, first allowing an increased quantity of hair to be placed upon the cylindrical member 1, and second making accidental dislodgment impossible.

Another important feature of our invention is the construction of the spring mem her 4 and the parts adjacent thereto. It has been found desirable to make this spring member of round wire and yet difficulty was experienced in securing this member firmly in theball 6, we have therefore flattened a portion. of one end of the member 4 and We diameter of the round part of the spring member 4, and force the flattened end through the hole in the ball 6 causing it to cut a groove into the walls of the hole through which it is passing. To complete the securing we rivet over the flattened end as shown at 10. WVe have found this method of securing the spring member to be entirely satisfactory holding the spring in the desirable position and reventing a turning or twisting of the spring that would be decidedly objectionable.

Modification may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

The hook 8 may be elongated to any de sirable extent, and the longitudinal slit and the slot 9 may be deepened. We may also increase the number of perforations 2, but we prefer the whole as shown.

Having carefully and fully described our invention what we claim and desire to secure 20 by Letters Patent is A device of the character described -comprising a tubular and perforated body having a longitudinal slot at one end thereof,

a flexible member pivotally engaged at one 25 AUGUSTUS ALBERT VEST. WILLIAM H. GATOHELL. Witnesses:

G. E. STEfiRE'ITE, ARTHUR PHELPS MARK. 

